It was the Rory Delap factor.Ricardo Fuller and Seyi Olofinjana both scored from the missile like throw-ins by Rory Delap
Delap sent a throw to the far post and Fuller glanced in for the opener. Delap, himself, then looped in a header that Gael Clichy cleared off the line before Olofinjana chested in Stoke’s second from another Delap throw-in.